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The bell then screamed announcing the end of the school day for most of the schools on the Boiling Isles as Luz left the school doors with her clothes covered in soot which she cleaned and started wiping off with a napkin. "Note to self, always listen to what your partner says even if they're self-centered." She muttered as Boscha walked out with rage all over her face.
"Where is that damn human!" She screamed before lighting a fireball as a few students backed away Luz quickly ran off before the three-eyed witch could spot her.
At Glandus High Philp was in a state of terror after staying for detention which was mostly forcing students to behave and follow the strict rules he quickly left the area with his book bag and music notes as he continued writing more notes into it as he headed home taking the path trough Bonesborough as he stopped to a snack before bumping into a girl.
"Watch where you're going, Idiot!" Philp yelled as Luz stood up and helped him get up. "Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush to..." Luz then picked up a music sheet. "You make music?"
Philp then quickly snatched back the sheet. "That's not yours! I mean... I haven't finished it yet... still needs a bit more some melody." "I can help, I'm great at music until I almost choked to death on a harmonica..." Philp laughed.
"Yeah write, as if I'd..." He then stopped and quickly started pulling on her ear. "OW!, what are you..."
"Your human?!" He asked as Luz quickly covered her ears with her hoodie. "You are, how in titan's name did you... wait never mind, the owl lady right?" Luz simply nodded as Philp took her arm and pulled her closer. "Do you know any human music? The only ones I know are quote 'classical' music."
Almost at an instant, Luz had a large smile on her face. "Finally, someone who won't berate me with question after question!" The two then walked together while talking. "So... Luz, right? You're saying that you and your mom went here willingly?"
"Yep, we really didn't have that much back at home and then we somehow found here and now we're here," Luz said as Philp wrote in a book. "So what are you writing there?" "Nothing much, just a few reminders, so I'm guessing you depend on the Owl Lady for surviving here?"
"For the first few months until this." Luz then took out a piece of paper and started drawing on it as a small ball of light came out. "Fascinating... you know my father is a researcher on this kind of stuff."
"He is?" Luz asked with delight. "Yeah, well not really says that he's tried a few things but it didn't work out for him, he found one while wandering through the forest along with two more but that's as far as he's got I believe. Can I try it?"
"Have at it, my dude!" Luz then handed him a pencil and some paper as they sat down in an alley as started drawing a few.
"Incredible, you know my dad believes that nature and body of the titan is the reason these glyphs work, sure it's practically forbidden to do wild magic but Dad claims that this is simply an experiment for him, just in case his bile sac fails him."
"He's weak?" Luz based a bit worried about what Philp could be through. "He's struggling to do magic but he pulls through, probably why he's doing all these glyph studies under the Emperor's back."
Luz understood as she and Philp sat on a bench. "You ever been in trouble at school?" Philp asked Luz. "Why?" "Let's say you wanted to show your own creativity but the school rejects it and tosses away something you made in about five minutes?"
"Yeah you'd probably want to change schools, not sure how that works, but I'm sure it can't be that hard, and hey if it does, Hexside is a good place to get a reeducation, if you can handle the detention room." The two teens then shivered at the thought of it.
The two then quickly went their separate ways with Luz giving Philp a few notes about glyphs for his father and in return, he gave her a magic music sheet that would play the music written on it when you simply tapped it.
Luz went to the front of the house where Hooty was on guard duty. "Oh hey, Luz, your back, Eda and Cam said something about making something for you probably a plate full of bugs Hoot!" Luz ignored Hooty's words as she entered the house and found Eda and Camila tired and covered in scratches and that the couch was shredded.
"What did I..." I tried to tell Eda that possums are real but she didn't believe me so we to earth to find one and well..." "I told you that a simple treat under the box trick would work but... no..."
Soon after being patched up with a few bandages Luz then started talking about her day. "You gave what to who?" Camila asked slightly concerned. "Mama it's alright he said that his father was doing research to understand them."
"Still I hope you made the right choice."
Philp quickly started banging on the door Mateo answered it just as a few coven guards arrived. "Sir we're sorry he was quite slippery and..." "Leave us be." The guards then saluted him as Philp went inside. "Philp this better be good or I swear..." "It is... I managed to get ahold of these."
Philp then handed him a few glyph combinations which Mateo quickly snatched as he started looking at each one. "This girl happened to use so I asked if I could have some and..." Mateo shushed him as he started doing more combinations one of which he made a healing glyph that was much stronger than the regular one.
"Dad, you alright? I mean you barely leave this place and mom says she rarely sees you only in the cafeteria not to mention your hair..." Philp pointed out that Mateo had simply let get a bit long and which he had made into a ponytail. Mateo simply ignored him as he then made a small light spell which then quickly caused him to collapse as his coven brand started to act up.
"Dad!?" Mateo was breathing heavily for someone in his late 30s as he then reached for his desk before swallowing a potion that seemed to calm down his pain. "It's alright Philp." "I'll get the healing coven and..."
"NO!" Mateo shouted before coughing a bit as blood came out of his mouth. "I'm fine... Philp since you're here join with Raine they were supposed to teach you got home but I think it's best if you just study here, now here, get something from the cafeteria."
Mateo then handed Philp a few snails before leading him out and closing the door he quickly took out the palisman essence that he put in a vial as he then mixed it with a few herbs and a bottle of Elixer and poured the mixture into it. "If it helps the emperor then maybe..." He said to himself before drinking the concoction.
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